Let me illustrate a scenario. Let’s say you’re a junior resident in cardiac surgery (for now let’s call it doctor level 5). Let’s also say that you’re working in a pretty big hospital. Let’s say that this case where a heart transplant comes in and while it is mainly a heart transplant case there are little issue where there is also a needed kidney replacement and a finger amputation.
Now let’s say that your team of doctors is ready to go in and do work on the patient except another ward who hired an external podiatrist says, “Wait guys! Use a swiss army knife to perform the surgery because it has a knife, a corkscrew, a toothpick and these freaking awesome stainless steel tweezers. And also, because we’ve been given the swiss army knife for free and I’m a podiatrist (which is also a doctor) which makes me an expert in cutting people up in surgery. Might I also add that a swiss army knife is trying to be the best tool for cutting and so we should look at the future of swiss army knives and what they want to be in the industry of cutting patients up.”
In which you reply, “Huh?! Really?! Am I being Punk’d?” *sigh* I don’t think I’m making any friends in IT.